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Shoes for Orphan Souls

MURFREESBORO - The staff at Thigpen Hearing Center is teaming up with Buckner International to ask Rutherford County residents to collect shoes for children in need. The annual nationwide Shoes for Orphan Souls shoe drive is seeking to collect more than 200,000 pairs of new shoes and socks in 2013. Since 1999, Buckner has sent more than 2.5 million pairs of new shoes to vulnerable children in 74 countries around the globe, including the United States.

Donated items should be for children and teens, and due to customs regulations, shoes and socks need to be brand new. The greatest need is for new athletic shoes, sizes Youth 1-Adult 8. Cash donations are also accepted and will help provide new shoes as well as cover distribution costs.

You can drop shoes off at Thigpen Hearing Center, 315 Robert Rose Drive, Suite E., in Murfreesboro during the entire month of August.

For more information about the drive, call Thigpen Hearing at 615-494-4344. For more information about volunteer opportunities, call toll-free 1-866-774-SHOE or visit Buckner.org/shoes.

Pray 4 Sadie

MURFREESBORO - A fundraiser for 11-month-old Sadie Layne Smith, who is undergoing chemotherapy for neuroblastoma cancer, will be held Sunday in front of The Beehive Salon, 2805 Old Fort Parkway.

A benefit concert will be held from 2-6 p.m. Sunday featuring PennyRae and Stop Motion Radio, a cut-a-thon and silent auction. Donations (both financial and items for the silent auction) can be dropped off at The Beehive. For details, call Tracy Tucker at 615-545-8911 or email thairstylist@yahoo.com.

Jeans and Tees

MURFREESBORO - The fifth annual Jeans and Tees versus Heart Disease is set for 6:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Stones River Country Club, 1830 N.W. Broad St.

Enjoy dinner and dancing to live music by More Cowbell. Silent auction items will be up for grabs, too.

Tickets $50 per person and $75 per couple. Visit heart.org/rutherfordjeansandtees to get tickets. Proceeds benefit American Heart Association. Call 615-340-4102 or email tanya.steinback@heart.org.

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How can I help?

The staff at Thigpen Hearing Center is teaming up with Buckner International to ask Rutherford County residents to collect shoes for children in need.